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Selection & Reader's Advisory Tools

Check out this list for sites, tools, official recommended “best books” lists (many from ALA, ALSC, and other national education and library-related organizations), award books, lists, etc. that will help you choose the best books for use in your classroom or for recommendation to students in your library. Many sites contain professional reviews. For useful user reviews, check out GoodReads.

Novelist is an electronic readers' advisory resource that assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. In includes 90,000 full text reviews, over 36,000 subject headings and a complete spectrum of searching options, including searching by title, by author or simply by describing pertinent plot details.

Lesson Planning, Professional Development, & Media

Check out these sites for thousands of free, expert-created P-12 instructional support materials, classroom-ready media, and professional development resources across the curriculum. Many of these sites include content that is aligned to state and national standards.